district staff, my name is mary richards. i'm executive director in lead with focus on high school, support and charter school oversight. i with the permission of the board will read. i submitted a copy to miss casco and i submitted to members of the board, it is a green stapled sheet in addition to the pact that you have that has the original resolution, the completed matrix for review and the complete final report of factual findings from the staff. so, at this time i request that i be -- i could read the amended language into the record of the resolution. thank you. superintendent's recommendation regarding c-5 international school. 1011-9 fp 1 authorization to deny c-5 international schools petition for a new charter, whereas the international school submitted a petition for the international school new charter school on november 1st, 2010. and whereas, the c-5 international school is requesting that the board of education make a final decision regarding the charter by january 1st, 2 -- 2011, pursuant to the recently mind

we've gone from perky, mary richards. >> yeah, that's right.to take no prisoner alexis carrington. >> i shall fire you all on the spot and replace you with a board that will approve the merger. >> reporter: there was murphy brown. >> i can't help but think about the fact while i was getting maced, you were wondering if you'd ever meet adam west. >> reporter: and ugly betty. but while forging ahead, real life women are struggling, what can be done to even the odds. to tell us, we're joined by barbara idoci at deloitte and tory johnson. our workplace contributor who joins us this morning from dallas, texas. tory, i'd like to start with you, why are women still lagging behind when we've got more women than ever going to college, more women doing better in school than ever before? >> the billion dollar question, right? and i think this research points to one of the most pressing issues for all of us to pay attention to today, and that is mentoring. and exactly how we define mentors. there's no shortage of people who will give women advice. all kind

i do want to say thanks to mary beth richards and steve van roekel we had an event a couple weeks ago that honor all of the 30-plus year employees at the fcc. we had 150-plus year, 145-plus year that was honored -- one 50- plus year, and one 45-year. we need to get the oral histories of the incredible people here at the agency who have seen technology advance year after year and decade after decade. what the commissioners and predecessors wrestled with issues a lot like those we are wrestling with today. so, i thank all of the retirees. i am glad the commission room was packed that day. as president kennedy once said, the success of this government and the success of our nation depends upon the quality of our career public servants. it is often fashionable to say the opposite. but those of us who work here understand how hard and how well the staff of the fcc works. please, join me in thanking all of our staff, especially our retirees, for their service and wishing them well. [applause] on that note, i want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. see you in the new year. mad

marie was 54 years old. >>> a look back at the year in technology reveals that 2010 was the year of the book. the e-book that is. in his drive to discover report, richard hart looks at some of the technological firsts over the past year. >> in january of this year analysts reported that for the first time more people watched streaming movies from fleet -- from netflix than dvd movies. netflix watcher feed flix writes "it is likely 2010 will be the first year when netflix dvd shipments will plat -- plateau." it surpassed 20% traffic during prime time hours. there is hope for quality video. this was the first year when dvd players lost market share to blue ray players. for the first time amazon sold more e-books for the kindle than the hard cover books. e-books will out pace the paperbacks this year. the american publishers association says hard cover book sales increased 22% during the out going year. you and i are reading more than ever. digital camera shipments from japan fell almost 4% in october from a year earlier. some attribute it to a related trend. more photographs taken with phones than with cameras. a nokia executive told routers that soon mo

mary's counties closed. >> in virginia, schools in king george and westmoreland counties are also closed today. thank you for watching 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. richard andrei will have traffic in a moment. we start with weather first and when the snow is getting here. >> it will happen out toward the shenandoah valley and harrisonburg. may start snowing within the hour. here in washington, it will be later this morning. mid possibly late morning. north of town, you may hold out toward the noon hour up by frederick. it is coming. not snowing yet. that's reaching the ground. roanoke has reported snow this past hour. a look at the day planner this morning. we're anticipating the snow to develop. not at 9:00. 25 but by noon and 5:00 p.m., light to moderate snow. temperatures holding in the upper 20s. it will stick on anything that's not treated. we have 22 but there are temperatures in the suburbs which are in the teens. winter weather advisory cover almost the entire area here with winter storm warnings down in southern virginia. richmond, roanoke down south of i-64. they could have four to five inches of snow. the snow is coming. you see it in west vi